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An Underwater Dream

by Eric Bettencourt

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barb45 Eric is a very gifted singer/songwriter/musician. He sings from the heart and speaks to the soul. Joyful healing. I couldn't list a favorite track because I love them all.
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1.
Underwater Dream I woke up from a dream an underwater dream Breathing deep into the light That spilled across my walls and floors and eyes, I heard her weeping It lasted most of the night Now I fall between the curves of two vastly different streams We built a fire on some bones The smoke it lays inside the grass; a tiny fog along the trail The tears they sting my eyes like broken glass or rocks or hail Still we hold on The breaking point just a milestone Still we hold on and on On and on... Since I've fallen into step with confusion and weariness My world is small enough to throw And though the olive branch was always there for the taking The dove she died so long ago So long ago... Still we hold on The breaking point just a milestone Still we hold on and on Still we hold on Like two lions circling a throne Still we hold on and on
2.
Climbing Back Her love it hit me like a cannonball; held me under like a waterfall I swung harder then a wrecking ball; we didn't survive the fall We didn't survive... Her laughter caught me like the siren’s song; drew me in until I ran aground I learned to cry without making any sound. Where is the love we found? Where is the love? I wish I knew, baby I wish I knew why the lights turned from green to blue I wish I knew, mama, I wish I knew how to get through to you... I'm wound tighter than a tornado’s tail, she's as stubborn as a mule for sale That love was better then any fairy tale, we fought tooth and nail I don't know why... I wish I knew, baby I wish I knew Where your head went when I talked to you I wish I knew, baby, I wish I knew what went wrong... I'm climbing back with a limp again, gonna swallow that same medicine Climbing back with a limp again...
3.
Baby in the Bathtub That’s my baby in the bathtub that’s my baby looking at me That’s my baby in the bathtub she’s as clean as a girl can be That’s my baby, that’s her looking to get dirty I watch my baby climb the staircase she’s wearing nothing but a grin I watch my baby climb the staircase, shy as a hurricane That’s my baby and that’s me, that’s me following I tried to love that woman but I just could not hold on And I tried to love that woman but I’m just not, I’m not that strong That’s my baby running circles she’s buzzing like electricity That’s my baby running circles as wild as she is free That’s my baby, that’s her, that’s her looking for me
4.
Tracing Paper We traced the paper, and connected the dots Ink upon pages, yes drops upon drops We rearranged the pieces, we filled in the blanks Read between the lines and we scribbled and erased I couldn’t be more sad ‘Cause I never wanted to leave you or be the first one to admit We were broken, and we can’t be fixed We found demons in the shadows Weakness in the shade when the truth rose to the surface We tore the picture all to pieces and then we threw it away We threw it all away and I couldn’t be more sad I never wanted to leave you or be the first one to admit That we were broken and we can’t be fixed I’m gonna find me a quiet place to untie my mind Peer into the darkness and I’ll tease out the light I couldn’t be more sad I gotta let you go...
5.
Harold and Maude I’m not gonna fight, I’m not gonna fight these good feelings ‘Cause I’ve played that game, I’m so tired of that game, no, I never win Look what she’s doing to me She’s weaving silver linings through all my bad dreams Look at what she’s doing to me ‘Cause I’m her Harold, I’m her Harold, and she’s my Maude When I’m tied up with worry, she’s in the ring and her gloves are off Look what she’s showing to me, every funeral should be a party Look at what she’s showing to me Now there stands a forest where there once were dead leaves I’ve got her right where she wants me, right where the air meets your feet She’s got me right where I want her, right where the bed meets the sheet That girl is growing on me, I’ll admit it to myself although reluctantly That girl is growing on me She took me further, she took me further than I’ve ever been And I tried to run, yes I tried to run she caught me again Look what she’s trying to grow, I pulled the curtain and she broke the window Look at what she’s trying to grow That girl is growing on me, I’ll admit it to myself although reluctantly That girl is growing on me
6.
Shake Us Off 04:30
Shake Us Off Can you hear the damn breathing? The fissure’s reaching out like lightning Have you any sense of what we’ve done? We haven’t left a single place to run Can you feel the ground move underneath your feet? Can you see the storm clouds gathering? Feel the stillness before the storm, take it all in before it’s gone And I’ll hold you like we were dying or a baby fresh from the womb All around us the pieces are flying; all around us the end is in bloom And I’ll hold you like we were living in hell’s darkest ravine While we watch our mother dismantle the last of the American Dream She's gonna shake us off We used to laugh at the warnings and now we've all seen it crumbling We laughed because we knew all we needed to learn Pull up a chair sit back let’s watch it burn ‘Cause all your life you’ve been lied to and the sirens all sang in tune Through the ash and the smoke we’ll find something But it will never be what we once knew And we’ll hold on like we had stopped trying as we slowly melt back into the void And maybe then we will notice that there’s nothing left to destroy She's gonna wake up, man She's gonna wake up and she's gonna shake us off
7.
Weary Traveler I am the weary traveler just a point in space and time Outside the pounding rhythm of the sleepwalker’s steady climb On through the spreading wilderness of concrete, steel and fire The dream was built by the dreamers who have never been satisfied I witness the unraveling like a bird upon a wire For miles and miles... Oh to feel the quickening from this point in time and space On a world spinning on without her rest while a ghost who walks in place Is just blazing through this crowded mess; a frantic comfort zone Where routine is the antidote and the poison the unknown You’re stranded on a sinking ship, please reach for my hand The rush you feel is undertow, your confidence is sand Everyone I’ve ever loved is dead and gone Every moment I pass through just turns into the stone Every dream that I have ever had is laying somewhere on the road Every time I feel alive I am alone There’s a breeze blowing through this house of cards And the clockwork has long since frozen I strolled on by that old machine just a grinding down the road The gears have rolled those broken wheels locking in the dream outside the cage Now the cogs are scattered everywhere left in a state of slow decay To all you weary travelers undeterred by reality The powder keg is reaching for the spark to set us free Oh, everyone I’ve ever loved is dead and gone Every moment I pass through is turned into a stone Every dream that I have ever had is laying somewhere on the road Every time I feel alive I am alone
8.
Under A Tree 04:42
Under A Tree There’s a funny little rumor about the way that the trees hold the sky There’s something in your eyes showing the smile that you’re trying to hide And there’s a cotton candy clown and like the flowers he is trying to fly And there’s something like sunshine that crept into my graveyard nights There’s a glimmer of a moment that you would die to relive There’s a trainload of your past that derailed when your future split And there’s hope you’d find a door that you have not built yet And there’s a feeling of desire that is burning like a grounded jet Well so much for the pleasures that have pleased us more than all And so much for the hungry who are waiting in the hall And so much for the lightning that made the dead stir For so much you’d give it all to quiet the thunder There is a darkened intuition that your world might give up the fight And there’s a glory seeking hellhound and he is feeling quite alright You hold the dazzling image of a truthless reality And there’s a gust of wind screaming through an open window at me And so much for a little ‘cause that won’t help you get lost And so much for your hands too busy to pull me across And so much for painting pictures now all I see is black and gray For so much you’d give it all if you only knew what to say And there’s a newborn baby crying and she’s trying to tell us all There are solutions in the wind but the dust it covers her calls There’s a musician playing cards and he’s losing his only hand And there’s a face in your window that relates but can’t understand

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released April 8, 2014

Recorded by: Eric, Steve Drown, Pete Morse / Mixed by: Eric / Mastered by: Jack Murray

Band:
Eric - Lead & Background Vocals, Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Piano, Percussion.
Charles C. Gagne - Drums
Pete Genova - Bass
Pete Morse - Lead & Rhythm Guitar

Additional Musicians:
Nick Boettcher - Backing Vocals (2)
Paige Dechausse - Backing Vocals (2)
Lauren Hastings - Genova - Violins (8)
Zach Jones - String Arrangements (8)
Anna Lombard - Backing Vocals (1)
Sara Hallie Richardson - Backing Vocals (1)

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